Stiff competition from digital cable operators has forced India’s biggest DTH television company, Dish TV, to partner with neighbourhood cable operators, opening up a new front in the war between the DTH and cable industries. India’s top four metros – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata – will replace all analogue television networks with digital transmission […]
Canadian cable MSO Cogeco Cable has sold its struggling Portugal unit Cabovisão to European media and telecoms investment group Altice for €45 million Altice holds stakes in Numericable, Est Videocom, Coditel and Completel companies in France, Belgium and other parts of Europe. The sale was long expected after Cogeco Cable wrote off its entire investment […]
Dutch cable television firm Ziggo plans to list on the Amsterdam stock exchange, but a date has not yet been set. Ziggo, currently owned by private equity firms, is the biggest cable television firm in Holland with some three million subscribers. It was formed between 2005 and 2007 through the merger of Casema, Multikabel and […]
Canadian cable communications and entertainment company Rogers Communications has unveiled NextBox 2.0, a suite of new features designed to transform the home entertainment experience, allowing people to access live and recorded TV programmes from any room in the home. The initiative better allows it to compete with telco BCE’s Fibe IPTV service. “Canadians are increasingly […]
Liberty Global has announced financial and operating results for the year and the three months ended December 31st, 2011. Highlights include organic RGU additions increased 42 per cent to 1.2 million, revenue up 5 per cent to $9.5 billion and operating income increased 30 per cent to $1.8 billion. Meanwhile, Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported […]
Canoe Ventures, the advanced television joint venture of the US’s leading cable companies, is shutting down the bulk of the venture that lets viewers interact with TV ads, laying off 120 employees. It will shift its operation from New York to Denver, where it will concentrate its resources and efforts solely on video-on-demand advertising. In […]
Major cable operators are now building video-optimised content delivery networks (CDNs) that promise to deliver a full range of IP-based video offerings, including richer on-demand and over-the-top services, eventually replacing satellite-based video distribution networks, according to the latest report – Video CDNs to Revolutionize Cable Television Delivery – from Heavy Reading Cable Industry Insider. “Cable […]
Following yesterday’s reports in US press that Cisco was looking to sell Scientific-Atlanta, the company has moved to confirm its commitment to set-top boxes, describing such comments as “erroneous” and “unsourced”. In a Service Provider blog, Corporate Communications head John Earnhardt drew attention to comments made earlier in the month by Cisco Chairman and CEO […]
Belgian cable operator has Telenet reported full year revenues up six per cent year-on-year to €1.37 billion. EBITDA rose 8 per cent to €723.4 million while the margin advanced to 52.6 per cent. Meanwhile, the net profit fell 81 per cent to €16.8 million on the back of increasing losses on derivatives, higher depreciation costs, […]
Kabel Deutschland has reported a strong Q3 adding 67,900 Internet and Phone subscribers, up 4.5 per cent from September 30th, 2011. Premium TV RGUs are up by 9.5 per cent or 133,800 units quarter on quarter, of which 72,800 units were DVR RGUs. Total blended monthly ARPU per subscriber reached €14.49 – up by €0.99 […]